Tuesday, 10 January 2017

21 dead 1 million affected after 2nd deadly flooding event in less than a month in South Thailand after record ranifall

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Thailand’s Department of Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) report that 21 people have now died in the
floods affecting southern provinces of the country.

At least 11 provinces are in emergency
situations as a result of flooding which has affected over 1 million people.
Thai Meteorological Department has forecast further heavy rain until Tuesday,
10 January.

Nakhon Si Thammarat airport closed from 06
January and will possibly re-open today, 09 January. Thai news agency NNT said
that the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has suffered its worst flood crisis in
30 years with 300,000 people affected and seven people dead.

Unusually heavy rain for this time of year,
influenced by low depression and the strong northeast monsoon, has caused
widespread flooding in southern provinces of Thailand since 01 January, 2017.

This is the second deadly flood event
within a month in south Thailand. At least 11 people died and 350,000 were
affected after flooding struck southern provinces in December 2016.

DDPM said that 91 districts, 569
sub-districts, 4,205 villages, 330,318 households and over 1 million people
have been affected. Damages have been reported to 218 roads, 59 bridges, 5
government facilities, 11 schools and 5 mosques.

Heavy rain over the last 48 hours has
caused flooding in the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan.